The costs and benefits of deindustrialisation in rural areasStarter: Competition – A’s you are the benefits, B’s you

are the costs. See who can come up with the most costs or benefits to deindustrialisation in rural areas.

Benefits Costs

Danger- waste material from coal mines causing landslides in Aberfan

Toxic material left in the ground making it expensive to clean up and difficult to use again.

• What are the NEGATIVE effects of deindustrialisation of the mine that you can see in this picture?

• What ways might you use the landscape to improve it? Be creative!

The Eden Project- Cornwall

SOME OTHER FACTS TO ENJOY

• 1995- China clay pit closes down• 2001- Opens its door• It works with homeless, unemployed and disabled

people• 60m deep• 2 different Biomes• Educating people about a sustainable way of living

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEmU0KumSFM&safe=active

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va87iu9hm4Y&feature=player_embedded&safe=active#t=0

http://www.edenproject.com/

Eden Project

• What are the benefits of the Eden Project?– Social, Economic, Environmental

• Deindustrialisation in rural areas leads to……• This is because…….• It then causes……• This is because……• And as a result can cause….

Eden project- China clay pit june 2012

Explain links

• Deindustrialisation in rural areas leads to……• This is because…….• It then causes……• This is because……• And as a result can cause….

Use examples to describe and explain benefits of de-industrialisation: cleaning up sites, tourist use, recreation, wildlife habitats, re-agriculturalisation of land.• Describe and explain the costs:

infilling, toxic waste, methane gas, inadequate toxic clean-up.